There can always be hope!
Well, around the time when this pic was taken, I did not think so. Whenever I looked into mirror and saw that reflection, I was thinking "No way... no friggin' way people would ever look at me and see as a woman. I wish I could send a letter to him from the future.
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20 months - was still thinking that it's the clothing that does the trick.
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24 months - I am starting to suspect that no matter what the clothes are, people would look at me and only see a woman. That is a bit scary (especially out in the dark and I do miss "his" physical provess at times), but liberating feeling.